UIS Faculty and Staff Notables

Recent accomplishments of our faculty and staff.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Chesky reviews book

Jeffrey Chesky, emeritus professor of Human Services and Biology, reviewed the latest edition of the book The Biology of Aging: Observations and Principles, by Robert Arking, in a recent issue of the journal Educational Gerontology. Chesky had reviewed the first edition of the book in 1992 in The Gerontologist.

Friday, February 08, 2008

Cheney contributes essay to ALPLM exhibit catalog

UIS Professor of Communication Michael Cheney is among the contributors to an illustrated catalog of essays published by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in conjunction with "Packaging Presidents," an exhibit of original artifacts of presidential campaigns from the early 1800s to the present. The display opened on February 5.

Other contributors to the catalog include Frederick Voss, retired chief historian for the National Portrait Gallery and an acknowledged expert on presidential campaign history, and ALPLM Executive Director Rick Beard.

The catalog will be available for purchase in the museum store in late April.